Proverbs 13:14
The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne away from the snares of death.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In Context
15Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient is hated.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:6The sorowes of the graue compassed mee about: the snares of death ouertooke mee.
Psalms 116:3When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:24The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.
Proverbs 16:17The pathe of the righteous is to decline from euil, and hee keepeth his soule, that keepeth his way.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:14
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. Here is, 1. The character of one that is marked for ruin: He that despises the word of God, and has no regard to it, no veneration for it, nor will be ruled by it, certainly he shall be destroyed, for he slights that which is the only means of curing a destructive disease and makes himself obnoxious to that divine wrath which will certainly be his destruction. Those that prefer the rules of carnal policy before… Read the whole commentary →